Splice-plate for rails.



A. P. BAMBERGEB. & G. PORTER.

Eatented June 11, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED P. BAMBERGER, OF NEW CUMBERLAND,

AND GEORGE PORTER, OF NEW MARKET, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-FOURTH TO WALTER M. SMITH AND ONE-FOURTH TO FORREST N. BURNS, BOTH OF NEW CUMBERLAND, PENNSYL- VANIA.

SPLICE-PLATE FOR RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed February 23, 1912. Serial No. 679,509.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that. we, ALFRED P. BAM- BERGER and GEORGE Poarnc, citizens of-thc United States of America, and residents of New Cumberland, in the county of Cumberland, State of Pennsylvania, and New Market, in the county of York, State ofPennsylvania, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Splice- Plates for Rails, of which the following is a specification.

rate rail sections, =Wh1Ch OUI improvement 18 applied.

best in Fig. 2.

to certain new and fastenmgs for meetrailway rails and it has for its This invention relates useful lmprovements in mg ends of ob]ect among others to provide asimple and improved construction embodylng spliceplates and clamps which may be readily applied, easily adjusted, and which when in place will serve most efiiciently to secure the to subscrve all the rails at the joints and purposes and bring about the results desired in this class of devices.

Other objects and advantages of the invention willl hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, the-most desirable of which we have chosen to show in the present instance, but these will serve to illustrate the principle involved. The invention, in such preferred forms, is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of-this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of our improved device. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectlon on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified form of construction. F'g. 4 is a vertical cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 dcsig; at the abutting ends of Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, 3, 3 are the splice-plates, each having a vertical or web portion and at the upper edge thereof the laterally enlarged portion 4 adapted to enga e under the tread of the rail, as seen The lower edge of the web "and from thence extends upward, forming a curved member 8, the upper portion of which formsa rest for a member of the clamp soon to bedcscribed. As the spliceplates upon opposite sides of the rail are identical in construction, the above detail description of the one will sufiice for both. lhe splice-plates are secured to the abutting ends of the rails by suitable means, as, for instance, the bolts 9 passed through the webs of the splice-plates and the web of the rail, as seen clearly in Fig. 1. The clamp comprises two like members 10 and 11, each comprising a base portion extended beneath the bottom of the rail, a vertical end member 12 and a horizontal upper member 13, which latter rests upon the upper or horizontal portions of the curved members 8 of the splicesplates,as seen clearly in Fig. 2.

In use, the splice-plates are applied, as shown, and secured to the abutting ends of the rails. The clamp is then applied. For ease of application, the members 10 and 11 are pivotally united at their adjacent ends and mounted in any suitable manner upon a pivot 14. This permits of the clamp being placed under the rail between the ties and the two ends then brought over the curved members 8 of the splicc-plates and when in position, as seen in Fig. 2, a bolt or bolts 15 are applied by passing the same through the vertical members of the clamp, beneath the rail, suitable nuts 16 being applied for an obvious purpose.

\Vhile the parts above described may be of any desired dimension, both as to length, thickness and width, we have found in practice that the splice-plates servo quit efliciently when made say twenty-six an onehalf inches in length, the shank or web of the splicc-plate to be at least five-cighths of an inch in thickness, although these dimensions are not necessary. The curved members 8 are sheared oil or cut away at their ends, as seen at 17, so as to provide room for the application of a claw bar for pulling out tanning thi'engh v ul etxe to keep the iaih The li w its; onl t mtt itt ili: t of euttiing 't tie oi' el-e moving the latter require time ainl \ieale'ns the tieS, poition f the plate whieli l ti' ni tie to tie til lloni i'eint i'ees ttIltl stil herein litill wi h than joint hetween einl of the p ate, Hotlili ationa iletailniav he resorted shoving entlwiw. to without lt tl;Il'. ii'oni the i iirit of the in Figs. 3 anti 4 we have shown a niotli invention or .n anv at it ;ttlV{LH- tietl form of the tltVltC \illitll. lmnewt. r lat es. i embodies all of the esaential t titllil'tW of that hat i\ SllUWll in Fie'. l and 2. ln thi form. the split-equates :ll't' s'uhstantially the z-anie as in t 1g. 2 in so l'ai' a the nieinlier-- 4 3 tllit T t\ en't.- to oxeilap the will between the are eoneei'netl. in tltlc' l'oi'in, h Wen-i'. the l':lil.\ antl a i-f-nnn lltUlliJ a oi'tina resting member 7. ltl\lt.ttl ol' lieing t'ui'netl up in th on -aitl ttlHlil'litHl pottion wt ftll'lll of a eune, loo; a tltHYll Yitl'tl (XttIwl 'li 3 the einl of --aitl eizuno i 1 2t) Wlllt'll aliuts against the outer etlg't ol' th 1 ei'tital n'ottiotn oi t am e plates.

Jase 6 ol' the tail unit an HpWHI' l ext ie'i n 1 1 it ilieelate (lll tl",lll 1; a Well, a it Wlllt'l). iu teatl o'l' )tlll;f niietl :1 in the J [it-'l'tloti and a lateral base othel't'oi-in, risw substantially \'tJtl ';tll 1 anti nn-lion with an uptui'netl inenilwi', enmupon the upper late of Wllit'll iktwts the lioi'ij liiiit t with a elatnp having a lateral portion zontal ineinhet' l of the atljaeent portion ol t 10 elanip. In tlllS tot-in, the elanip i u stant'ially the same as in the loi'in \nown in Fig. 2, the parts being seeui'etl n pom innv in substantially the Stllllt niannei', t he halt to free end of agaiaat the veri'ln- \Hl) ol' Stlltl s nliee plate. r lillt'wlilittti einhotlVittQ a web, a ti'ea tengaeiug g ot'tt n. atnl a lateral base ing through the vertieal entl inenil i's ol' the t poetion with an i'gitin'nett menthol, 00melznnp ainl untler the tail. the tltlltlj) i i-En; hinett ith a elanr i having a lateral portion ;l])])ll(5tl in the anie manner a lit-hire. i i ell-imp being 'he i'otl whit-h serves a the nitntal neetion hetween th two in'enilit-tw i" the elanip should he so eon-st i'uetetl to t 1e Hal 0] holt to Test upon said ineinliei' tl anl lateral portion hearing tieal portion til tilhw w th P4.

trttil tlw'ln l' a well, a t [it-went iltfittt l fll ifliig porti n. a lateral time inenit'i'oni \voiuting' loose out oil 'l n ith .'el)-er|; .i; i portion, ttl tl an tipthe elanni hinges. This may he ttti'tn l nieinlieii'oa-nii a "eat tor a clamp plishetl in any otthe 'elll no\vn waysl meltneni i' the tree t ttl o, saitl lztlttztl portion l'or instance, as forming the heatl upon one tearing ae'aiiet tne Wt :ai portion of the etnl anti :1 key at tlie other, or any othei \at ol ell-known means may he pl'UYltltftl t'oi A nit'e-nl: eo|npli. liitig' this eini.

ll Will he tltitt'tl that lllt llittlf) jaws innit againFl the shanks ol' the slllltt"lllilttfS upon lioth sitleS ol the rail ainl :--ei'\'e the i iltll lwi I a j ol' holt no liolts lieine' lltt't'NHll'j' ext-ego at t of t eaeh tlul ot' the spliet plate. it will lie oi h new th a Luann; ttlY SttVttl that no liolh' pans through the ).'it1 5 tan {,Ml'titu tlttli'lft 1 l the splieoplate and thus we tlt) an'avf portion anti engaging tnl hee plate.

with the neeewity ot' the employnim't of said apli plate. hoit hole.\ in the entls of the rails ant all 6. A splice-plate having an outwardly ex-. liability ol' lu'ealting oi the rails hy rezwm tended late'at base member termmatlng 1n inwardly curved member, with a clamp having an inwardly upper memher adapted to rest of the bolt holes in their (HHlS is avoided, 'lhis t'onstiueliou, in eonneetion with the raiseil or lienl apportion ol'the3pliee-plale.-

an upwardly and eonilii letl f'itein etl extending substantially fioin tie to tha upon the tlIFIJLZ time of Stiltl (-lil'Vttl member makes a nin h istl'onger eonwti'netion anal in ot the s ln-e-plale. th inner etnl of said putting tlOWH new teel railthe non-with xwh ot ting and shitting of the upper nn-nihei ties {malts in a inaterial' saving of time alnl lzrl ot anti ime l'nzt'ltii: an outwardly BX greatly inei'easew the lite oi the ta ensng arm on other t innnating in tleviee. 1 'f .1 i "at a i'tittifl hating Our plates are Lutnei i instant out ol the f 254 ed to rest against the shank of said spliceplate, and a bolt passed through said clamp and beneath the rail.

8. Splice-plates having outwardly extended lateral base members terminating in upwardly disposed parts, a clamp in hinged sections, each section having an inwardly extended upper member adapted to abut against the shanks of the splice-plates and 10 to rest upon the upper face of the upturned parts of the splice-plates, and a bolt connecting the vertical members of the clamp and disposed beneath the base of the rail.,

Signed by us at New Cumberland Pu. this 16th day of February 1912.

ALFRED P. BAMBERGER. GEORGE PORTER. l/Vitnessest R. R. MAclvon, E. M. HELM. 

